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A Rand McNally map appended to the 1914 edition of The New Student's Reference Work. Rand McNally was the first major map publisher to embrace a system of numbered highways. One of its cartographers, John Brink, invented a system that was first published in 1917 on a map of Peoria, Illinois. In addition to creating maps with numbered roads ...
The H.M. Gousha Company was one of the "Big Three" major producers of road maps and atlases in the United States during the 25 years following World War II, making maps for free distribution by oil companies and auto clubs. Following the end of the free-road-map era, Gousha distributed maps through retailers, and published a number of travel ...
William H. Rand. William H. Rand. William Henry Rand (May 2, 1828 – June 20, 1915) was an American printer and co-founder of the Rand McNally publishing company. He was born in Quincy, Massachusetts, and as a young man was an apprentice at his brothers' print shop in Boston. He was enticed west in September 1849, by the California Gold Rush.
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Driving simulator. Driving simulator developed by University of Valencia in Spain, used in evaluation of drivers, roads, in-vehicle information system devices and other areas. Portable in-vehicle simulator from Drive Square for defensive driving based on a real car and virtual reality glasses (2017)
Wedbush analyst Dan Ives maintained a buy rating on Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) stock while increasing his price target to $550, up from $500, noting the company is part of the firm's "Best Ideas ...
July 2, 2024 at 11:18 AM. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Rudy Giuliani lost his New York law license on Tuesday, after a state appeals court found he had lied in arguing that the 2020 presidential ...
The Ranally city rating system is a tool developed by Rand McNally & Co. to classify U.S. cities based on their economic function. The system is designed to reflect an underlying hierarchy whereby consumers and businesses go to a city of a certain size for a certain function; some functions are widely available and others are only available in the largest cities.